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Table 2 Outcomesa

From: Prehospital arterial hypercapnia in acute heart failure is associated with admission to acute care units and emergency room length of stay: a retrospective cohort study

 

All

(n = 106)

No prehospital hypercapnia

(n = 45)

Prehospital Hypercapnia

(n = 61)

p-value

Primary outcome

 ACU admission – n (%)

51 (48.1)

15 (33.3)

36 (59.0)

0.009

Secondary outcomes

 Emergency LOS (h)

6.9 ± 6.5

8.9 ± 9.0

5.4 ± 2.9

0.016

 Orientation from ER – n (%)

   

0.003

ICU admission

25 (23.6)

4 (8.9)

21 (34.4)

 

HDU admission

26 (24.5)

11 (24.4)

15 (24.6)

 

Ward

51 (48.1)

26 (57.8)

25 (41.0)

 

Discharge directly from ER

4 (3.8)

4 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

 

ETI – n (%)

5 (4.7)

0 (0.0)

5 (8.2)

0.071

Hospital LOS (d)

13.1 ± 9.4

11.9 ± 6.8

14.1 ± 10.7

0.187

Hospital mortality – n (%)

5 (4.7)

1 (2.2)

4 (6.6)

0.392

  1. a Plus–minus values are means ± standard deviation, Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding